nata¹ know how to do something; know what is happening; understand something

Part of Speech

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• • know how to do something; know what is happening; understand something
  • • cognition

  Comment

  The object is either understood from the context or expressed by a complement clause

  • • Example 4882:
      

      Ah! Enam nata vai.

      Ah. Now we understand.

      Source: Sii 06E(Joy) 120

    • Example 4883:
      

      A abana paa nata vaevuru tea vagana.

      the men already knew how to fish.

      Source: Sii 06RG 342

Related entries

• See also:
  • nata ni know somebody or something
  • toku not know, be at a loss; be ignorant
  • vaanata let know; inform
  • kona ni know something or somebody
  • natanata¹ knowledge
  • natanata² knowledgeable
  • tea¹ complementiser
  • vanata ni know about somebody or something
  • vanatanata know each other